According to Dr. Jafar Mehrad, the IAU is at the top position when it comes to scientific productions and publications in a 2016 study. Only in 2016, the Islamic Azad University successfully published 35907 papers which were indexed in web of science’s Thomson Reuters. In 2015 Iran was positioned among the 20 nations with the most scientific productions. According to the public relations office, Dr. Jafar Mehrad is a faculty member at Shiraz University reporting about this matter and its related statistics.